Examples Of Fear In The Crucible

In The Crucible, Aurthur Miller illustrates, and suggests how fear of losing someone leads to atrocious and vicious acts. It all starts when Abigail gets caught for performing witchcraft. In this time Salem was Puritan, they were full of fear in the devil, and would kill anyone who was apart of it. Abigail's behavior in the woods lead her to be scared of the other girls she was with to betray her and her name being blackened.

Ever since the beginning of time people have been afraid of the unknown. This is because every time something new appears people immediately try to disregard it, making themselves open to ignorance. This is exactly what happens in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, when people started accusing each other of witchcraft. Because of the factors of the unknown the people of Salem are strucken of fear because they are afraid to go against what the majority says thus, making people unreasonable and brings misjustice to the accused. To begin, John Proctor tries to go against the flow of the river, by attempting to reason with the people of Salem.

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, there are ancillary links between McCarthyism and the trials that show that fear can be used

Fear, anger, and distrust are feelings that all humans face on a daily basis. In Arthur Miller’s book The Crucible, Abigail Williams’s actions opened Pandora's box in her small town. The story takes place in Salem, a puritan village, and it’s a tale of how a single person can bring havoc to the ones around them. The Crucible acts as a morality play by illustrating how manipulation and panic can cause false accusations that lead to death. Miller shows this through symbolism and characterization of good and evil.

In The Crucible, Arthur Miller leaves readers wondering if fear and pride can have a fatal partnership. He uses the opposing forces, the court and the accused, to display how the pride of the judges cost many of the accused their lives. Throughout The Crucible, readers are shown that the pride of the court feeds into the fear of witchcraft all throughout Salem. For instance, Hale, who is a well-educated man, thinks he is above being at fault. As a result, he wrongfully sends many citizens off to their deaths.

Fear often leads people to make rash, harmful mistakes. This emotion is to be afraid of (someone or something) likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening. The Crucible is based on the Salem witch trials of 1692. A bunch of girls claim they are corrupted by the devil and accused many of witchcraft to get out of trouble because they were caught dancing in the forest by a fire which is forbidden. Fear is the reason why the village of Salem dealt with the witchcraft incidents so badly.

The situation depicted in The Crucible and today have many similarities such as fear gives power to leaders, corrupted people are given power, and people are judged based on things they shouldn’t be judged on.    Fear is a powerful emotion that can cause us to give power to leaders. In the play The Crucible

Throughout these stories, we sure can see that we learned that fear can lead to mass hysteria. It also may lead people to believe the wrong point of view and think incorrectly. In the book The crucible by Arthur Miller, there was small town called Salem.

I have no tongue for it!” This implies that Proctor is able to “confess” to his own sins and witchcraft but wouldn’t bring others down with him for crimes they were not responsible for. He feared the betrayal of the good people he loved like his wife or Goody Nurse that he would take all of the blame by calling himself the “antichrist” to protect them. The other death that shows the same fear is the death of Gile Corey. With this death, Giles fears the betrayal of the good people in the village that want justice for those wrongfully accused.

The Crucible was written as an allegory for McCarthyism in the United States during the 1950’s. People accuse those who are different out of fear and misunderstanding and are not challenged out of fear for being next. Fear is one of humans most powerful emotions. Fear is the reason for hatred, making people do the unthinkable.

In the Crucible many characters are jaded, rude, or just plain evil. Arthur Miller uses fear to make this clear. Whether they run from, hide from, or fight against what is happening in Salem, it all boils down to each character's response to fear. The reason this play feels so real is in one part due to the fact the characters are real, and two how real fear is depicted in the play. Although Fear is just an emotion.

In The Crucible, fear is used as a tool to take control and override the power of the townspeople. The fear of being accused of witchcraft leads many characters such as John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Elizabeth Proctor to be falsely accused in order to protect themselves. In the long run, this fear causes the lives of innocent people to be taken. With fear, John Proctor uses this as a motivator to stand against his accusations. This leads him to confess his adultery and ultimately sacrifice himself for the truth.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”(Roosevelt). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historical fiction about how hysteria and groupthink can have drastic consequences. It follows the Salem witch trials and the events that led to 19 people being convicted of witchcraft and subsequently killed. The most important subject in The Crucible is how fear can affect decisions.

Fear In the novel, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the concept of fear is brought up throughout the book. Fear is very powerful and can ,make you have total control if you are the one causing the fear. The Salem Witch trials was a very fearful time in the late 1600’s, and people did things they would not normally do, but they did it because they were scared. In this book, a 17 year old girl named Abigail Williams (who you know is up to no good) is found dancing in the forest with her friends.

Arthur Miller’s work, The Crucible, was written during the “Red Scare” time period, and many themes and ideas regarding both events are presented through a drama based on the Salem witch trials. In this drama, a lack of justice is shown when some jealous, vengeful characters in Salem are willing to use manipulation and deceit, and sacrifice the reputations and integrity of all involved, in order to empower themselves.